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Newsletter Tips SCHEDULE Some tips and tricks on writing a great newsletter NEWSLETTER TIPS GROUP ACTIVITY The Advantages of a Newsletter People who receive newsletters electronically can forward them easily to others, thus extending readership. Advertising and marketing can be among the biggest expenses in a company's budget, and determining where to invest marketing dollars is key. Dollar for dollar, few marketing vehicles deliver more return on investment than newsletters. While they can't replace all other forms of promoting the business, newsletters are a valuable component of a well-rounded marketing program. Maintain Relationships Newsletters are a good way to keep in touch with customers or interested people for little effort. With today's desktop publishing software, newsletters are easy to produce in appealing formats and send instantaneously to everyone on the company's email list. Sending newsletters on a regular basis reminds readers about the company. When people need a product or service the company offers, they're likely to call one they hear from regularly. Educate and Inform One big benefit of newsletters is that the sender controls all the content. Newsletters can educate readers about new products, highlight employees, share successes and announce upcoming events or promotions. They even can serve as another advertising vehicle by offering coupons or specials only for those who read the newsletter, which is a smart way to track readership. If a company has received negative press or customer feedback, the newsletter is an ideal place to clear up misconceptions or explain the company's viewpoint. Reach Target Market Newsletters get right to the company's target market -- the people who already have shown an interest by buying a product, working for the company or signing up for the company's email list. Because the company already knows this audience's buying preferences or interests, it can address topics that it knows will interest these readers. Newsletters do this in a friendly, unobtrusive way, by informing and keeping the audience updated without overtly asking for a sale or contribution. Low Cost Compared with other advertising and marketing vehicles, newsletters are relatively inexpensive to produce. Most newsletters are sent electronically, eliminating even the cost of paper and postage stamps. A two-page or four-page newsletter doesn't require the addition of a new employee but can be worked into existing employees' workloads. Once the newsletter's format and scope have been determined -- perhaps even outlining recurring columns -- the newsletter becomes even easier to produce as time goes on. NEWSLETTER SAMPLES SENIORNET NEWSLETTERS GREAT EXAMPLES FREE FONTS FREE IMAGES MORE FREE IMAGES WORD TEMPLATES FREE TEMPLATES CANVA TEMPLATES FREE CLIP ART CLUB NEWSLETTERS GOOD NEWS HUB COPYCHAR

TIPS'N'TRICKS SCHEDULE This page will be updated before every "Tips'n'Tricks" session held each month in the North Shore Seniornet Club KEEPING IN TOUCH SEP 20 FEB 23 JUN 23 LINKS OCT 20 MAR 23 JUN 23M KNOWLEDGE NOV 20 APR 23 AUG 23 FEB 21 MAY 23 DEC 23 GROUP ACTIVITY 5th September 2020 LINKS CALCULATOR + WORD APPS WORD DOC MERGER DRIVE & LISTEN COPYCHAR LONGITUDE LATITUDE SIGNATURES SCANNING GUIDE ON LINE NOTEBOOK REEDSY NEWSPAPERS SURNAMES 1 SURNAMES 2 FREE IMAGES 1 FREE IMAGES 2 CONVERT DPI IMG ONLINE TARTANS INSTRUCTABLES ART PROJECT MINUTES DRAW IO NZ HISTORY READERS DIGEST JOKES RANDOM TRAVEL ONE PERSON GAMES WORDPLAY AUCKLAND HISTORY BRITISH HISTORY GRAPH PAPER FREE ONLINE TOOLS iPad/iPhone APPS BELLISH PROKEYBOARD CALCVIER UV METER CALENDARIUM MATCH COLOURS THERMO HYGRO KNOTS 3D sep20 YO WINDOW FUNNEL VIDEOCRAFT REMOTE DESKTOP October 2020 LINKS NZ BASE MAPS JPG TOOLS CSV TOOLS MATH TOOLS FRACTAL TOOLS NUMBER TOOLS TEXT TOOLS IMAGE TOOLS TIME TOOLS JOT FORM DRIVE & LISTEN SCREENSHOT GURU PUBLIC DOMAIN PREVIEW LIBRE OFFICE GIZMOS PHOTOSHOP TUTORIALS IAN'S PS ACTIONS TEAMVIEWER iPad/iPhone APPS ORIGAMI GRADIENT PAPER PLANES NZ TRAFFIC TIES CHROMA NZ TRAFFIC CAMERAS JOT FORM TOOL BOXES EDITING Photos RE-SIZING STORING CONVERTING SPECIAL EFFECTS MOVING TO iPAD MOVING FROM IPAD CONVERTING TO SKETCH ANIMATOR MONTAGE MAKER COLLAGE MAKER TEXT EXTRACTOR Words EDITING PARAPHRASING STORING FONTS SPECIAL EFFECTS MOVING TO iPAD TEXT EXTRACTOR CONVERTING TO PDF SPEECH TO TEXT RHYMES SPECIAL CHARACTERS COMPRESSOR Resources FREE PHOTOS 1 FREE PHOTOS 2 FREE VIDEOS FONTS IMAGES NEWSPAPERS WISDOM QUOTATIONS MUSIC & VIDEO RHYMES NEWS RADIO oct20 7th November 2020 LINKS GOOGLE LINKS ASCII FLOW MOCKAROO REVERSE IMAGE GOOGLE BASICS 1 23 GOOGLE TRICKS MOST ASKED QUESTIONS COOL TRICKS GOOGLE TRENDS CLEAN PNG PIXABAY PRIVNOTE NINITE JUSTWATCH DIFF CHECKER PDF ESCAPE INFOGRAM ALTERNATIVETO SNOPES RULES OF THUMB TYPOGRAPHY TIP OF MY TONGUE LAT LONG FINDER GE IT HISTORY TIMELINE HERITAGE EXPLORE nov20 February 2021 USEFUL ON LINE UTILITIES FILE LIST CREATOR BEST OCR DOCUMENT MERGER YOUTUBE TO MP4 FREE FONTS PDF COMPRESSOR QR CODE MAKER BEST PDF EDITOR RHYME ZONE CROSSWORD SOLVER PARAPHRASER NZ HOMES CALCULATOR NZ FLIX MUSIC RADIO GARDEN PEXELS IMAGES PEXELS VIDEO COPY CHAR PHOTO CREATOR REMOVE BACKGROUND WHICH BOOK AUTODRAW PENCIL SKETCH WHAT FONT IMAGE RESIZER NOTEPAD DRIVE & LISTEN JPG TOOLS TEXT TOOLS NUMBER TOOLS MATH TOOLS TIME TOOLS CSV TOOLS IMAGE TOOLS SPEECH TO TEXT ENGLISH UTILITIES TEXT UTILITIES 19 February 2022 LINKS CHROME REMOTE CHROME REMOTE APP CHROME REMOTE HOW APP ADVICE APP BEST APPS 2022 IPAD TIPS 1 IPAD TIPS 2 APP ADVICE IPAD TIPS 3 AIR TRANSFER + APP SIMPLE TRANSFER APP FILES BETWEEN IPAD & PC PHOTO ALBUMS PDF TO JPG IPAD SETTINGS TORCH APP SIRI 1 SIRI COMMANDS SIRI 2 PUZZWORD APP SNAP MARKUP APP PROCREATE PROCREATE MANUAL AUTODRAW APRIL APP WPS APP February 2023 USEFUL LINKS UPWORK OPEN LIBRARY STUDENT LIBRARY NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES PHOTO COLLAGE SHAREDROP MATHS SOLVER MULTI CALCULATOR HOGANS ICON FINDER WALLPAPER SAFARI MEDIUM COOL THINGS LITTLE ALCHEMY 2 ARCHIVE IS DICTATION EURO TRANSLATOR CLEANPNG SKYSCANNER DIFF CHECKER FLIGHT STATS ALTERNATIVE TO NAME CHECK ARBITARY AWARDS WHAT CAME FIRST VOCAL REMOVER MAGIC ERASER OPEN PEEPS HUNTER I LOVE PDF COOLERS NOUN PROJECT NAME LIX TINY WOW CONVERT IO CHAT GPT IMAGE GPT March 2023 SPEECH RECOGNITION WINDOWS SHOW DESKTOP CLOUD CLIPOARD CLIP TOOL TIMELINE WHISPER HERO FORGE ULTIMATE CALCULATOR SHAREDROP April 2023 MOUSE KEYS WINDOWS FILE EXPLORER THE DOWNLOADS FOLDER FILES & FOLDERS ORGANISING PHOTOS THE RECYCLE BIN ORGANISING DESKTOP WINDOWS 10 TASKBAR CHATGPT SCRABBLE CHATGPT PROMPS SCRABBLE WORDS WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CRIBBAGE May 2023 TIPS'N'TRICKS 1 TIPS'N'TRICKS 2 TIPS'N'TRICKS 3 TIPS'N'TRICKS 4 TIPS'N'TRICKS 5 GOOGLE TRICKS 1 GOOGLE TRICKS 2 GOOGLE TRICKS 3 WINDOWS 10 TRICKS 1 WINDOWS 10 TRICKS 2 ALL AI PLATFORMS CHAT PROMPTS FREE TV 1 FREE TV 2 OPEN PUPPIES WORDLE HOW STUFF WORKS LIFE HACKER TYPOGRAPHY TINY WOW VOICE CHANGER SUPER DESIGNER June 2023 ILLEGAL CHARACTERS FILE EXPLORER 1 FILE EXPLORER 2 FILE EXPLORER TIPS & TRICKS DESKTOP CLEAN UP MANAGING YOUR FILES ONEDRIVE BASICS WIKI HOW AI PHOTO APPS MOUSE TRICKS WINDOWS KEY SHORTCUTS FUNCTION KEYS June 2023 Midweek GOOGLE APPS GOOGLE CRAZY TRICKS GOOGLE SHORTCUTS GOOGLE MARS GOOGLE SEARCH TRICKS GETIMG August 2023 IPHONE GESTURES GOOGLE TRICKS MOUSE TRICKS LIBRE OFFICE SPECIAL EFFECTS YOUTUBE TO MP4 IANS MOUSE TRICKS ESSENTIAL SHORTCUTS GOOGLE KEY WORDS COLLAGE MAKER TIP OF MY TONGUE SCRABBLE SCRABBLE DICTIONARY FREE ONLINE GAMES 1 FREE ONLINE GAMES 2 CRIB BRIDGE LITTLE ALCHEMY SPIROGRAPH SOLITAIRE SPOT DIFFERENCE PHOTO COLLAGE December 2023 WHITES AVIATION ARCHIVE WEATHER EURO TRANSLATOR DNA EXPLAINED FOOD TIMELINE FIND MEMORIES WORDPLAY FREE ONLINE TOOLS RANDOM TRAVEL NZ HOMES FRACTAL TOOLS WIKI HOW DRIVE & LISTEN RULES OF THUMB may23 apr23 Mar23 feb23 feb21 jun 23 midweek aug 2023 dec23

Computer Chat Session Links 7 May 2024 GROUP ACTIVITY Computer Chat Group Links IAN'S AI LINKS Create a YouTube Channel Uploading a video into YouTube Subscribing in YouTube YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts YouTube - The Basics CHATGPT for YouTube Active Brain Searching Photos on iPhone Take a Note using SIRI Converting HEIC to JPG Windy Printable Paper Paper Toys Nitch The Photo Society Wearable Which Book Documentary Heaven Timeline of History Dictation Extension for CHATGPT CHATGPT Manual Movie Posters Manuals Library Tips Collection Spirograph Behind the Name Engrish Alexa & Siri SIRI Commands SIRI Commands (Full list) How to set up SIRI Fun things to do with SIRI SIRI Tips and Tricks ANDROID Equivalent Systems to SIRI ALEXA Commands ALEXA Commands 2 How to set up ALEXA Fun things to do with ALEXA ALEXA & ECHO Tips and Tricks How to set up ALEXA on your Windows PC Moving Files Moving Files Document AirDrop Photo Albums on iPhone How to organise your digital photos Downloading email Attachments Android File Sharing About Google Photos Metadata Photo Searching On-Line Shopping Tips'n'Tricks How to save money Saving money while on-line shopping About Google Shopping How to use Google Shopping Saving money while on-line shopping Session Notes 7 May 2024 VARIOUS TOPICS All Topics Campbell Stanford Microsoft OneDrive Fences Video Editing Default Apps Anchor 1

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Your Life Story SCHEDULE This is a step by step guide to recording your and your family’s life story and a guide to providing photos for the book. GUIDE TO WRITING YOUR BIOGRAPHY GROUP ACTIVITY Overview Your life and the lives of your family are important. You have taken on challenges and won the day. You moved the human condition forward and bettered the earth. Tell your story and Inspire yourself and others! You will leave a legacy – your story and the story of your family. You may think you have lived an unremarkable life, but succeeding generations will be interested in hearing it. What you consider normal and mundane will be interesting and slightly exotic to them. You will help protect the history of your family. You may be telling all the stories you can about your life and your take on things, but that won’t assure you that it will be remembered the way you are telling it! We rely on written or recorded information much more than verbal histories. Record your story and make sure it is woven into the history of your family. You may inspire someone else with your story. Remember those challenges you conquered? What about those problems you solved? Someone else, somewhere on the planet needs to hear how you did those things. They need to understand that it is possible and they need to be inspired by the way you conquered and solved them. It opens the door to reconcile open issues from your past. When you review your life from start to present, you will encounter unresolved items. Reviewing your life and accomplishments can cause you to see how you have overcome real and perceived obstacles such as these. Reflection can help you move past the feelings and perhaps provide a path to reconciliation with relatives and friends. Summary Writing your biography: Provides an opportunity for self-reflection and self-awareness. Helps to process and make sense of life experiences and emotions. Allows you to pass on your legacy and values to future generations. Can serve as a therapeutic tool for healing and growth. Gives you a chance to document important events and memories for posterity. Offers a creative outlet for self-expression and storytelling. Helps to clarify personal goals and aspirations. Enhances communication and relationship-building skills. Improves writing skills and creativity. Can be a source of inspiration and motivation for others. "I WAS BORN..." IDEAS FOR YOUR STORY IAN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 7 AGES WHAT TO INCLUDE Definition An autobiography is a nonfiction story of a person’s life, written from their point of view. A memoir is a type of autobiography that focuses on a particular period in the author’s life rather than their whole life. It is best to record an autobiography. An autobiography should include all the most important details of your life story and/or the life story of the family member about whom your write. What to Include in your Autobiography A description of your personal origin story. This can include your hometown, your family history, your formative years, some key family members and loved ones, and touchstone moments in your education. Profile people and teachers who have influenced you. How did you get your name? What have been your nicknames? Write about you personality - why you are like you are and what triggers your emotions Significant experiences. Add accounts of each personal experience that shaped your worldview and your approach to life in the present day. Detailed recollections of episodes from your professional life - often these are the turning points that your autobiography will be known for the moments that would inspire someone to pick up your book in the first place. Be sure to give them extra care and attention. Personal stories of failure. Follow your setbacks with a good story of how you responded to that failure. Your philosophy on life. What wisdom would you like to leave to your family? What aspects of life are important to you? How do you define your character? Write about the people that have inspired you. Who were or are your role models? Why or how did they affect you. What are the events that have defined you? What significant events have helped shape your destiny, outlook on life, relationships etc.? What do you aspire to? Your romantic life, your faith, your aspirations, your dreams and your spiritual profile Profile your family. Describe those closest to you and their character. Their lives and your relationship with them. Their influence on you. Write about your friends, your pets, your workmates and your sporting and/or club companions. Discuss your passions - your favourite authors, movies, music and songs, art, theatre, food and drinks, games and activities, desires etc. talk about your dates, engagement, wedding and break-ups. Talk about being a parent -giving birth, nurturing, educating and how you might have helped shaping the next generation Write about your belief systems, your politics and your relationships with the community Write about where you have lived. The country, the town, village, suburb and the homes you occupied etc. – what are the favourite memories Profile your travels. Where have you been? What were your experiences? Favourite places? People you met. Friends you made. Life-changing experiences. Talk about things that have triggered your emotions. Things that made you proud, sad, happy, excited, disappointed, angry, terrified, joyous, laugh, cry etc. Write about your significant achievements in life. Honours gained, inventions, awards, trophies, educational awards, workplace moments etc. Write about your career. Why you chose it, milestones and achievements, etc. Write about things that you have collected, built, crafted, painted, made and dabbled. Write about your cars, caravans and modes of transport - what is your dream vehicle? Write about famous and notable people that you've met, people you wish you hadn't met and those you would like to meet IDEAS 1 IDEAS 2 IDEAS 3 IDEAS 4 IDEAS 5 Step-by-step Process Procrastination is your worst enemy! Make a start … “I was born…” Use a structured approach – Create your major headings, then sub-headings for each major etc. as below – then simply write sentences where required. Major headings Sub headings Sub-sub headings Key words Sentences I have prepared a long list of prompts to help you write your story or the story of another family member. They are a sequence of simple memory joggers that will help you structure your story or, for that matter, a story for anybody who has a story to be told. Not every prompt requires an answer and some may be irrelevant, but using a prompt system makes the task so much easier. (n.b. If all you can do is to answer the prompt questions with brief replies and you do not have the ability to write the story, I can generally create the prose required from your answe rs) ... The seven ages of our lives can also be a great help in getting some structure to your story. I have prepared a simple document which will help ... As an example, my biography is on-line and can be viewed and read on-line at ... "I WAS BORN..." LIST OF PROMPTS SEVEN AGES IAN'S STORY AI Writing Tools - CHATGPT Recently one of the most significant developments in technology has been released – AI (Artificial Intelligence) text and image generators. ChatGPT, created by a company called OpenAI, is a natural language processing tool driven by AI technology that allows you to have human-like text created. The language model can answer questions, and assist you with tasks such as composing emails, essays, and code. OpenAI is also responsible for creating DALL-E, a popular AI art generator. ChatGPT is the fastest growing app of all time. In January, only two months after its launch, UBS analysis estimates that ChatGPT had 100 million active users! ChatGPT can write and debug computer programs, compose music, teleplays, fairy tales, and student essays; answer test questions (sometimes, depending on the test, at a level above the average human test-taker); write poetry and song lyrics. ChatGPT remembers previous prompts given to it in the same conversation; journalists have suggested that this will allow ChatGPT to be used as a personalized therapist. To prevent offensive outputs from being presented to and produced from ChatGPT, queries are filtered through OpenAI's company-wide moderation API, and potentially racist or sexist prompts are dismissed. ChatGPT can write introduction and abstract sections of scientific articles, which raises ethical questions. Several papers have already listed ChatGPT as co-author. You can use CHATGPT extremely effectively to help you write your story: Tell it to rewrite from the 1st to the 3rd person Ask it to describe your hometown in a particular year Get it to write prose from a bundle of facts Ask it to write an emotional passage for your book Get it to proofread your book Get it to rewrite a particular section in a specific style Ask it to write about a particular time in history in your lifetime Ask it correct your spelling and grammar Ask it to translate any text from any language Get it help you when you have writers block Test out your writing ideas by asking it to evaluate your writing To use CHATGPT to help you write your story ... Download the PROMPTS TABLE (see button to right -->) Answer a number of questions Drag mouse over questions and answers and COPY (CONTROL C) Open CHATGPT Enter "write prose in 1st person - [then paste info from PROMPTS TABLE (CONTROL V) ] This will convert all your answers into nicely written paragraphs ready for your book! CHATGPT LINK DALL-E LINK CHATGPT PROMPTS WHAT IS AI VOICE RECOGNITION PROMPTS TABLE CHATGPT LINK CHATGPT EXAMPLE ystory Sources for your story There are many sources for reinvigorating your memories and making it significantly easier to write your life story. These can be: Your photos Your family Your diaries and journals Your home Your friends After a long life, it can be sometimes difficult to remember specific incidences in your time on planet Earth! There are many things that you may have collected, saved or have access to that will help prompt you into remembering important things in your life: Pets you’ve owned Houses you’ve lived in – Photos/Plans Cars Collections Humour/Cartoons Your heroes Your friends World Events during your lifetime Locations you remember People Associated with Locations Workplace/Colleagues Clubs/Associations Certificates Newspaper Clippings Book Covers Maps – Google Earth Street Views – Google Maps Poetry Afterword War – Medals/Ships/Battle Details Cemetery – gravesites/ headstones Signatures Sports Popular Culture of the times – Films/Books/People/Politics School work from childhood Advertisements of the times Fashion of the times Notable connections Plunket cards/books Music – Yours/of the times GETTING STARTED WEATHER ON BIRTHDAY DAY OF BIRTH DAY IN HISTORY MY BIRTHDAY FACTS BIRTHDAY SYMBOLS BIRTHDAY PERSONALITY BIRTHDAY CALCULATOR 1st & 3rd Person Writing First and third person are ways of describing points of view. First person is the I/we perspective and Third person is the he/she/it/they perspective. While first-person writing offers intimacy and immediacy between narrator and reader, third-person narration offers the potential for both objectivity and omniscience. My preference is 1st person for a personal life story: First-person point of view, of course, can only speak for the narrator and can only see things through the first-person narrator’s eyes. Writing in first-person should come naturally if you’re used to writing journal entries, blog posts, or personal essays. First-person establishes a kind of intimacy between the narrating character and the reader. It also invites the reader to identify with the one narrating the story from their perspective. First-person is more subjective than third-person, which can be a problem if the reader finds it difficult to identify with the narrator’s attitudes, reactions, and general worldview. If they do resonate with the reader, though, first-person can draw the reader in more effectively than a dispassionate third-person narrative of the same story. Templates A number of websites provide pre-designed templates that allow you to write your story by entering information at various places and then the template package does the rest. Some of these templates can be found by clicking on the buttons to the right → PDF FILLER MY LIFE STORY THE LIFE STORY PERSONAL LIFE LIFE STORY OUTLINE Publishing Options You don't necessarily need to write a book to publish your life story - there are many options available to you: Publish a book Create a photographic history (album with captions) Create a website Create and publish an eBook Make a children's book of family stories aimed at the young generation Record your story as a video (upload to YouTube) Make a sound recording of your life Publish a photobook with stories Engage a professional ghostwriter Set your life story to music Detail you life as a poem Creative Ideas To make your published story interesting, you might consider incorporating some of these ideas in your work (I used most of these in my autobiography - deliberately to make the finished book more interesting, a chance to present my philosophy and outlook on life and the challenge to be more creative): Place a quote in the footer of every page (share your philosophy on life) Use a poem as the introduction to the book (use CHATGPT to help you write it) Write an "Afterword" to be the last page of the book outlining the wisdom you would like to pass onto the next generation Create a gallery of your friends (headshots with names) Create a gallery of your workmates and colleagues Create a gallery of school photos - even better if you can track down headshots of your favourite teachers Insert a relevant cartoon or caricature Include any press releases that you may have had about yourself Include photos of your pets Include floorplans of your homes Have a gallery of certificates and awards you may have earned Set aside a part of the book where you can say "thank you" to those that have helped you on your way in life Choose carefully the title of your book (I chose "The Pursuit of Wisdom" because it sums up my main goal in life) Perhaps include a section called "My bucket list" where you can detail what you would still like to achieve in life Invite family and friends to write a paragraph or two about you and include in the book - in other words testimonials POEM SAMPLE SCHOOL SAMPLE FRIENDS SAMPLE PRESS SAMPLE SAMPLE TESTIMONALS

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Knowledge TRICKS MORE TRICKS KEYBOARD TIPS More iPad Tips LINKS ZOOM DOWN iPad Tips and Tricks To rename a folder, press and hold on the folder. It will start to wiggle. Then press the folder once again and a bar will appear allowing you to change the folder name. When finished typing, press the Home key. Read More > DICTATION TRICKS 1 VIRTUAL HOLIDAYS DICTATION SHORTCUTS Extracting YouTube Word Tricks How to use BCC (for emails) TIPS WEBMAIL vs MAIL CLIENTS Writing a Genealogy Book Build-up process Use FTM 2005-6 to start constructing the book. Write the book in “Word”. Could use Office Star for a free download of a Word program. Use any Photoshop program that can crop a photo. Steps Put all genealogy data into a genealogy program (i.e. FTM or Legacy etc.) Combine all families in the one FTM Tree Read More > Ideas For Your Genealogy Book AUCKLAND TRANSPORT Links Ian Bonallack's Computer Tips Making it easier to use your computer Seeing the screen better: Improve desktop by making larger icons (right click blank area of desktop, click ‘view’ then ‘large icons’) and plain colour background (no grandchildren picture!) Read More > IPAD APPS ESSENTIALS Writing Your Biography For those of you who are working in genealogy and trying to write your life story (or indeed, the story of someone else's life) then here is a list of prompts to help you get the story underway .... Read More > Windows 8 Shortcut Keys Tips to Maintain Your PC or Laptop Our computers rarely run as fast as we want or expect them to. Whether you're a Mac or Windows user, it's maddening to sit in front of a taunting hourglass or spinning circle of death, especially when you have work to do ... 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Genealogy Super Search Super Search Methods, ideas and tricks to use for genealogy searching SUPER SEARCH PROCESSES 1. Open all of the following websites Click on all the following buttons so that all websites are open at the same time. (n.b. some sites such as ANCESTRY will require a subscription. ANCESTRY IGI IGI RECORDS DIGITAL NZ FIRST FAMILIES JDA GOOGLE GOOGLE IMAGES ROOTSWEB TREE SEARCH ANCESTRY NZ DIGITAL NZ MILITARY PAPERS PAST AUSTRALIA ROGLO WIKI PEERAGE Record on paper everything you know about the person you are researching - no matter how insignificant. Names dates, places, jobs, partners, kids, travels etc etc 2. Data Dump 3. Make Assuptions Write down assumptions and educated guesses on the target person's life, ancestry, activities, partnerships, extended family etc. e.g. If the target person's name is "John Taylor" and his mother's surname is "Brown" he might have a full name of "John Brown Taylor" 4. Variations Record on paper every possible mis-spelling of the target person's name e.g. If surname is Taylor ... record Tayler, Tyler, Tailor, Tailer, etc. 5. Thrash Search Google Search google with EVERY possible combination of name and variation of name. Do compound searches with name and places, places and surname, children, other family members, etc. 6. Dig Into Grave Sites Find A Grave has a surprising amount of data that is not found elsewhere - and yes it has info on graves around the globe! FIND A GRAVE 7. Some other Tricks It is common for the first name of the father to be used as the middle name of the child in Jewish families In the 18th and 19th century it is common that a son will follow the profession of the father Searching The 1902 Cyclopaedia of New Zealand will often yield results where all other searches fail - Use the link to DIGITAL NZ (see above) Prior to 1900 people did not move about much - often ancestors can be found in the same location for many generations - or at least in villages close by the village of family origin Searching teh history of a town or village in Wikipaedia (see above) will often yield information about families who lived there This link to a selection of Irish Census data may be useful (see below) Using Google's Image search (see link above) often gives up information that a regular search misses - especially on shipping Spelling is very random the further back in history you go - investigate all possible variations of spelling A surname will sometimes give an indication of place of origin - e.g. surnames such as Manchester, Stafford, Disney etc. IRISH CENSUS